Mahmud-e Raqi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mahmud-e Raqi in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mahmud-e RaqiKapisa (Region)Afghanistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mahmud-e Raqi plotted against Kapisa and Afghanistan. While Kapisa and Afghanistan both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Mahmud-e Raqi's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Mahmud-e Raqi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.19 to 3.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mahmud-e Raqi ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Kapisa and 33rd out of 73 in Afghanistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.7
Rank in Afghanistan
31st of 73
Rank in Kapisa
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.87
Rank in Afghanistan
33rd of 73
Rank in Kapisa
1st of 2

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Mahmud-e RaqiPanchgramTroy

In new street additions, Mahmud-e Raqi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Panchgram built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Troy built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Mahmud-e Raqi fluctuated in connectivity, while Panchgram became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Troy grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Mahmud-e Raqi had a more connected network than Panchgram in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.